Heroku Alternatives

Heroku is described as 'Platform as a service (PaaS) that enables developers to build, run, and operate applications entirely in the cloud' and is a very popular Cloud Hosting service in the development category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Heroku, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including SaaS, Self-Hosted, Linux and Windows apps. The best Heroku alternative is CapRover, which is free. Other great sites and apps similar to Heroku are OpenShift, Replit, Coolify and Kubernetes.

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  1. Meli icon
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    Meli is an open source platform built for deploying static sites and frontend applications.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  2. Flynn icon
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    Flynn is an open-source PaaS (Platform-as-a-Service) inspired by Heroku that simplifies deploying and maintaining applications.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  3. Microtica icon
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    Microtica is a self-service DevOps automation platform that enables companies and individuals to adopt cloud much faster.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  4. Kyma icon
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    Kyma /kee-ma/ is a platform for extending applications with microservices and serverless Functions. It provides CLI and UI through which you can connect your application to a Kubernetes cluster.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  5. HostUp icon
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    HostUp, founded in early 2019 aims to provide reliable, fast and affordable hosting services. We have servers located in 3 different datacenters around the globe, and provisioning of cloud hosting couldn't be faster with an average time of 15s per container.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  6. Engine Yard icon
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    Engine Yard Cloud is a top Platform as a Service (PaaS) for a wide range of applications, from small-scale web applications that run within a single compute instance, to large-scale enterprise applications that require the reliability, elasticity and performance of...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  7. Nitric icon
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    Nitric is a framework for rapid development of cloud-native and serverless applications. Define your apps in terms of the resources they need, then write the code for serverless function based APIs, event subscribers and scheduled jobs.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. Lunatic icon
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    Lunatic is an Erlang-inspired runtime for WebAssembly.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • WebAssembly
    • Self-Hosted
    • Rust
     
  9. Deckrun icon
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    Deckrun is a deployment platform designed to help developers and small teams run their applications on managed cloud providers without the usual complexity. By combining the ease of use of a PaaS with the power of Kubernetes, Deckrun allows you to turn the cloud into your own...

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  10. M3O icon
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    M3O is an open source public cloud platform. An AWS alternative for the next generation of developers. Consume public APIs as simpler programmable building blocks for a 10x better developer experience.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  11. OpenFaas icon
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    OpenFaaS® makes it easy for developers to deploy event-driven functions and microservices to Kubernetes without repetitive, boiler-plate coding. Package your code or an existing binary in a Docker image to get a highly scalable endpoint with auto-scaling and metrics.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
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